Worn #onthisday in 1932 by Lady Chaytor, making a tour by air on the Continent giving lectures on dress, wearing aviation dress at a ball given at the Grand Hotel de Pera in Constantinople, Turkey. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1920 by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at their #wedding in Beverly Hills, CA. The intimate, top-secret home ceremony was the second for both actors. Pickford wore "a simple white tulle gown with apple green trimming" per the Post-Record, one stocking turned inside-out. #OTD
Matching outfits worn #onthisday in 1937 by twin brothers William and Walter Woffinden and their fiancees, twin sisters Veda and Vida Lucas. The photo was taken before the brothers left Salt Lake City, UT, for England, where they would spend two years on a Mormon mission. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1883 at the Vanderbilt's costume ball in New York, NY. The Sun warned: "Sober-minded men ask themselves whether it is advisable to make such a display of wealth and luxurious living at at time when the working classes are in a state of serious fermentation." #OTD 📷 NY Historical
Foustanelas (Greek kilts) worn #onthisday in 1925--Greek Independence Day--by flag-bearers entering the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, a 4th century BC athletic field rebuilt for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 for. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Mary McFadden gown worn #onthisday in 1986 by Ally Sheedy to present the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subjects with Steve Guttenberg in Los Angeles, CA. The ivory gown has McFadden's signature classically-inspired pleating. #OTD @theacademyusa.bsky.social @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1929 by aviatrix Amelia Earhart to read letters over the radio to Admiral Richard Byrd's Antarctic expedition. #OTD @misci-ny.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1967 by flight attendants for America, Western, Japan, Continental, and American Airlines in Los Angeles, CA. "Airlines are getting away from traditional stewardess uniforms as these girls attest," the @latimes.com reported. #OTD @uclalibrary.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1908 by the England rugby union team for their match against Scotland at Inverleith, UK. Scotland won 16-10. #OTD @gettyimages.com
Worn #onthisday in 1937 by Royal Navy Lt. Commander Richard Harris and Elisabeth Mumford at their #wedding in London. Per the @telegraph.co.uk the bride wore "ivory-white satin and a tulle veil surmounted by a wreath of gardenias." Her only bridesmaid wore yellow organdy. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Costume worn #onthisday in 1859 by soprano Caroline Miolan-Carvalho as Margarethe in the premiere of Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Léon Carvalho, the theater manager, cast his wife in the role; Gounod rewrote the music to suit her voice. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1991 by Stanford MBA student Laurene Powell and Steve Jobs at their #wedding at the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, CA, where they also honeymooned. The Apple co-founder swapped his trademark black Issey Miyake turtleneck for black tie for the Buddhist ceremony. #OTD
Green shirt and bow tie worn #onthisday in 2013--#StPatricksDay--by Expedition 35 commander and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station (ISS). #OTD 📷 NASA
Traditional Kazakh hat and blue flight suit worn #onthisday in 2011 by @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social at a press conference at Kostanay Airport after he and 2 Russian crew members landed near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, in their Soyuz capsule after 6 months aboard the International Space Station. #OTD 📷 NASA
Worn #onthisday in 1945 by Norma Shearer (with her second husband, Navy aviator Lt. Martin Arrouge) at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA. She presented the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award (named for her first husband) to Darryl Zanuck. #OTD @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social @theacademyusa.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 2021 by Bad Bunny for his Grammy Awards red carpet debut: a black peacoat, shirtdress, knit beanie with bear ears and combat boots designed by Burberry's Riccardo Tisci, accessorized with a sunflower and yellow-tinted shades. He won Best Latin Pop or Urban Album for YHLQMDLG. #OTD
Uniform and sword worn #onthisday in 1809 by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Finland when he was deposted in a military coup in Stockholm, which installed his uncle as King Charles XIII. He spent the rest of his life in exile in Germany and Switzerland. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 2023 by "Puss in Boots" voice actor Harvey Guillen at the Oscars in Hollywood, CA. Christian Siriano, known for his size-inclusive red-carpet gowns, custom-made the black-and-silver brocade suit--the designer's first foray into plus-size menswear. #OTD @theacademyusa.bsky.social
Uniforms worn #onthisday in 2020 by the commander and crew members of the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter on a visit to the desert of Dubai during the European Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH) mission. 📷 Aaron Zwaal
Black maternity coat and diamond brooch worn #onthisday in 1964 by Princess Margaret to visit the annual Ideal Home Exhibition in London. Her second child, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, was born that May. #OTD
Crowns worn #onthisday in 1963 by young Jewish girls participating in a Queen Esther costume contest on Purim in Granada Hills, CA. The holiday celebrates the events recounted in the Biblical book of Esther, in which the queen saves the Jewish people from annihilation. #OTD 📷 LAPL Photos
US Model 1861 colonel's frock coat worn #onthisday in 1862 by Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis when he won the Battle of Pea Ridge, AR. His victory helped the US maintain control of Missouri throughout the Civil War and earned him a promotion to Major General. #OTD 📷 National Park Service
Worn #onthisday in 1946 by Frank Sinatra and his wife, Nancy, at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, CA. He presented the Best Original Song Oscar and took home an honorary award for his film short "The House I Live In." #OTD @theacademyusa.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1968 in Bergdorf Goodman's "import show" in New York, NY. Nina Ricci's "heavily beaded white linen evening gown with red and green sequin flowers" was "the most expensive fashion" per the @nytimes.com; it "clinked and clanked as a model pranced through the salon in it." #OTD 📷MCNY
Worn #onthisday in 1942 by a construction worker building the Shasta Dam across the Sacramento River near Kennett, CA. 15 million tons of concrete were used in the dam's construction, which took 8 years; masks protected workers from inhaling concrete dust. #OTD 📷 CSU Chico
Vest worn #onthisday in 1853 by Franklin Pierce at his inauguration as 14th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The lining is embroidered with "God and Liberty" in a wreath on one side; an anchor that once adorned the other side has been cut out. #OTD 📷New Hampshire Historical Society
Worn #onthisday in 1922 by American tennis players Marie Wagner and Martha Bayard at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships' Women's Final at the 7th Regiment Armory in New York City, NY. Wagner won the match and the Championship. #OTD @gettyimages.com
Blanket worn #onthisday in 1940 by Seabiscuit after winning the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and setting a new track record in front of 74,000 ecstatic spectators in Arcadia, CA. The @latimes.com called it “the most popular victory in the history of western racing.” #OTD @uclalibrary.bsky.social
Officer Uniform of the Life-Guards Field Engineer Battalion worn #onthisday in 1881 by Tsar Alexander II when his bulletproof carriage was bombed in St. Petersburg, Russia. He survived only to be mortally wounded by a second bomber when he got out to inspect the damage. #OTD 📷 State Hermitage Museum
Ceremonial Kazakh dress worn #onthisday in 2018 by girls waiting to welcome NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin (depicted as matryoshka dolls) back from 168 days onboard the International Space Station at Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan. #OTD 📷 NASA